Dear Students, My name is Sir Isaac Newton, you may have heard of me. I developed three laws of motion that have helped many different work fields grow and develop. The three Laws of Motion are:
1. An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force and an object moving in a straight line will continue to move in a straight line unless acted on by another force. The first law of motion is also called the law of Inertia. 2. How fast an object accelerates after it is pushed depends on the force of the push and the mass of the object. Force = mass X acceleration F = ma 3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I know you have spent some time to talking and learning about these laws. With the new age of technology and the internet there are many opportunities for exploring the laws of motion. I have done research to find websites where you can explore my laws of motion. I challenge you to find three ways in which the laws of motion play a factor in your everyday life.
After you have discovered these ways make an interactive website or notebook, cartoon, newspaper, write a children’s book, or another creative way of showing the way the laws of motion impact your life. Make sure to visit all of the websites and search the key words in a search engine (such as Google) to find more information.
In your end product you must include biographic information about me, each of the three laws in your own words with a specific example of how it relates to what you do on a regular basis and an illustration of each law. Remember that the illustration must be relevant and should be explained. If you copy a photo or illustration off of a website, CITE THE SOURCE! HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE with your project! Remember, "No discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
My name is Sir Isaac Newton, you may have heard of me. I developed three laws of motion that have helped many different work fields grow and develop. The three Laws of Motion are:
1. An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted on by a force and an object moving in a straight line will continue to
move in a straight line unless acted on by another force. The first law of motion is also called the law of Inertia.
2. How fast an object accelerates after it is pushed depends on the force of the push and the mass of the object.
Force = mass X acceleration F = ma
3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I know you have spent some time to talking and learning about these laws. With the new age of technology and the internet there are many opportunities for exploring the laws of motion. I have done research to find websites where you can explore my laws of motion. I challenge you to find three ways in which the laws of motion play a factor in your everyday life.
After you have discovered these ways make an interactive website or notebook, cartoon, newspaper, write a children’s book, or another creative way of showing the way the laws of motion impact your life. Make sure to visit all of the websites and search the key words in a search engine (such as Google) to find more information.
In your end product you must include biographic information about me, each of the three laws in your own words with a specific example of how it relates to what you do on a regular basis and an illustration of each law. Remember that the illustration must be relevant and should be explained. If you copy a photo or illustration off of a website, CITE THE SOURCE!
HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE with your project! Remember, "No discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
Sincerely Your Friend,
Sir Isaac Newton
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Useful Websites
www.physicsclassroom.com – I STRONGLY recommend reading/working through the tutorial on Newton’s Laws before you do anything else!
http://physicsquest.homestead.com/quest4.html - another Newton’s Webquest
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/newton.html - NASA on Newton
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/newton/ - NOVA on Newton
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/louviere/Newton/ -Newton tutorial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/newton_isaac.shtml - BBC bio
http://www.sciencemaster.com/jump/physical/newton_law.php -General info
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/gravity.html -gravity game